Delayed two days by stormy Florida weather, the shuttle Atlantis glided to a smooth California landing Sunday, closing out a successful mission to overhaul the Hubble Space Telescope with a ...

Space shuttle Atlantis’ crew members are spending an extra day in orbit after weather Thursday at the prime landing site at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., prevented them from coming home. The crew ...

Leaving the International Space Station behind for the last time, the shuttle Atlantis' crew undocks and gears up for re-entry and landing Thursday to close out NASA's 135th and final shuttle flight.

The Space Shuttle Atlantis, led by Commander Brent Jett, is scheduled to land at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla. on Thursday, Sept. 21, completing space shuttle mission STS-115. Touchdown is ...

HOUSTON (AP) - Applause erupted at NASA's Mission Control in Houston when the last space shuttle landed - but it wasn't from the two dozen men and one woman working the final flight. The applause and ...

Space Shuttle Atlantis closed out a quarter century of service to the exploration of space with a majestic return from orbit and a spectacular landing this morning (May 26) at 8:48 AM EDT at the ...

Today, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will open the doors to the world’s most comprehensive and interactive attraction devoted to NASA’s 30-year Space Shuttle Program – Space Shuttle Atlantis.

— If the weather cooperates, Atlantis will close out the space shuttle era with wheels down in Florida. Shuttle homecomings didn't always end this way. For much of the first decade of the program, ...

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